Window-fixture.



No. 807,944. PATENTBD DBC. 19, 1905. N. M. LANDIS.

WINDOW FIXTURE.

APPLICATION PILBD JULY 17. 1905.

NELLIE M. LANDIS, OF MCKEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed July 17, 1905. Serial No. 269.964.

To all whom t may concern.`

Be it known that I, NELLIE IWI. LANDIs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 624 I/Voodward avenue, McKees Rocks, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindow-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in window-fixtures, and the invention relates more particularly to a bracket adapted to support a curtain-shade roller and curtains.

The invention has for its object to provide a novel form of bracket which is adjustably mounted upon the window-frame to support a curtain-shade roller and a plurality of curtains in any desired position relative to the frame.

The invention also has for its object the provision of novel means for securing' one or more curtains to the bracket or pole, whereby the curtains can be easily arranged or draped to conform to any desired configuration.

Another object of this invention is to provide a window-fixture which will be extremely simple in construction, strong', and durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will present a neat and attractive appearance wherever used.

WVith the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a windowframe equipped with my improved fixture. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line :we of Fig 2. Fig. 4 is a detached detail perspective view of one of the adjustable sleeves and the depending arm thereof to which the clamping-arms are pivoted.

In the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a window-frame, the side frames 2 2 of which are provided with vertically-disposed rods 3 3, the ends of these rods being bent rearwardly and flared, as at 4, in order that they may be secured to the side frames 2 2 of the window-frame. Slidably mounted upon the rods 3 3 are sleeves 5 5, which support a substantially U-shaped bracket 6. This bracket forms the curtainpole of my improved fixture to support a plurality of curtains, also to support a curtainshade roller 7, which is mounted between the arms 8 8 of the frame 6. One of the arms is pierced to receive one end of the curtain-shade roller, while the other of the arms 8 is slotted, as at 9, to receive the opposite end of the curtain or shade roller 7.

Each one of the sleeves 5 5 is provided with a depending arm 10, which is bent outwardly, as at 11, and provided with lugs 12 12 upon each of its sides, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Between the lugs 12 12 are pivotally mounted clampingarms 14 14, having substantially semicircular ends 15 15, which are adapted to embracethe rods 3 3. The opposite ends 16 16 of the clamping-arms serve as handles, and these ends are normally held separated from one another by a spring 17, secured to the depending' arms 10 between the ends 16 16 of the clampingarms.

By slidably mounting the sleeves 5 5 upon the rods 3 3 and employing the clampingarms 14 14 to engage the rods 3 3 at any desired point I am enabled to raise and lower the bracket 6 and position it at any desired point relative to the window-frame 1. The adjustment of the bracket 6, permits of the curtains being placed upon the bracket when in a lowered position, and When the curtains have been suitably draped the bracket can be elevated to the top of the frame, thereby dispensing with considerable time and labor heretofore required for properly hanging curtains at the top of the window-frame. To adjust the bracket 6, it is only necessary that the ends of the clamping-arms be pressed together, at which time the bracket can be moved to any desired position upon the rods 3 3.

It is thought from the foregoing that the construction, operation, and advantages of the herein-described window-fixture will be apparent without further description, and various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Vhat I claim, and `desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a window-fixture, the combination with vertical supporting-rods attached to a window- IOO IIO

frame, of sleeves slidably engaging said rods, a U-shaped shade-roller-supporting bracket having its ends connected to said sleeve, a depending arm carried by each of said sleeves, each of said arms having their lower ends flared outwardly, a pair of lugs carried by opposite sides of said outwardly-ared ends,

clamping-arms pivoted between said lugs and adapted to have their inner ends embrace the IO supporting-rods, and a spring secured to said flared ends of the arms and lying between the outwardly-projecting ends of the clampingarms to hold the inner ends of said arms nor- NELLIE M. LANDIS.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. MORGAN, C. KLos'rERMANN. 

